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May 04, 2010
Kali Mura
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it was amazing
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ANCESTOR is about two deadly killers - one of them is a control-crazed millionaire named Magnus and the other is his lab-manufactured genetic horrors. Magnus was trying to create placid herd animals available to donate organs for humans who need transplants, but a delusional scientist tweaked the DNA and instead made large vicious predators. When Magnus tries to cover-up the project, these beasts get loose. Now everyone on an isolated island is at risk of being hunted down and exterminated eithe
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This review is for the new edition of "Ancestor," due out June 22, 2010. You can pre-order now!
I listened to the original podcast of "Ancestor" some time ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. This version (June 22, 2010) is even better.
The basic premise is that a company has funded a project to create an animal that would be bred for organ transplantation. An 'ancestor' that would avoid the problems of rejection by combining genes from many, many mammalian species - bot halive and extinc. A fine, huma ...more
I listened to the original podcast of "Ancestor" some time ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. This version (June 22, 2010) is even better.
The basic premise is that a company has funded a project to create an animal that would be bred for organ transplantation. An 'ancestor' that would avoid the problems of rejection by combining genes from many, many mammalian species - bot halive and extinc. A fine, huma ...more
Jun 01, 2010
Belladonna420
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Monsters ARE real! But they don’t live in closets or under your bed… they were created by scientists in a lab. DNA combined to create the perfect predator. The only problem is, that’s not what was supposed to happen.
Ancestor tells the story of a good idea gone bad – TERRIBLY BAD! Although the creatures are the stuff of nightmares – and believe me, I’ll never look at a cow the same way again – the really scary thing is that at its roots, the story is not all science “fiction”. Let’s just hope the ...more
Ancestor tells the story of a good idea gone bad – TERRIBLY BAD! Although the creatures are the stuff of nightmares – and believe me, I’ll never look at a cow the same way again – the really scary thing is that at its roots, the story is not all science “fiction”. Let’s just hope the ...more
Jul 04, 2010
Angela
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This review is from: Ancestor: A Novel (Hardcover)
I'm a huge Sigler fan and loved "Infected" and "Contagious". This book however started off extremely strong but them became predictable as far as which characters were going to live or die. (Including the dog.) The writing is excellent and the last 40 pages I could not put down. But somehow even though I couldn't stop reading, it was more because I just wanted the book to end. I will continue to read everything he writes but was disappointed with ...more
I'm a huge Sigler fan and loved "Infected" and "Contagious". This book however started off extremely strong but them became predictable as far as which characters were going to live or die. (Including the dog.) The writing is excellent and the last 40 pages I could not put down. But somehow even though I couldn't stop reading, it was more because I just wanted the book to end. I will continue to read everything he writes but was disappointed with ...more
Although I listened to the podcast a couple of years ago it is still a fantastic read.
Jul 27, 2010
Joseph
marked it as to-read
